Requires comprehensive Medicaid coverage for the treatment of obesity

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Requires Medicaid to provide comprehensive coverage for the treatment of obesity including coverage for intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surgery, and FDA-approved anti-obesity medication.

Chamber: House
Introduced: Jan 22, 2025
Last action: Jan 7, 2026 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Session: 2025-2026
Momentum: 45 · Moderate

PASSAGE PROBABILITY

1% Unlikely

Why this number

Stage base In Committee — base rate 5%, measured from NY's completed sessions
Momentum -1 45/100 from the pace of recorded action
Time since last action -22 287 days quiet

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